Stretch Johnson

I don't think it is a matter of being dropped. He may need to make way for a small back who can play a lock down role. This is currently a deficiency.

How do their smalls keep getting goal side deep

Good player but comparisons to Viney are off the mark. There are few as manic around the footy as Viney, though as identified by a few he comes with limitations. Sparrow is a solid midfielder who will carve out a good senior AFL career.

Even this is an optimistic take I feel.

We had one too many talls and that is without Jackson. When LJ is back I would be happy if Brown and Weideman we're omitted.

More than likely we will have a few off days. Even top sides who go on to win premierships have ugly losses in the H and A. If we can sure up a top 4 spot it will be a good idea to rest some players (Max) and rotate some of the young players. Managing the list will be key.

Tough, smart and skilled midfielder. Great recognition for his hard work.

As entertaining as Meatloaf at half time.

The guy we draft in 2066.

The Melbourne Football Club is revolting and appealing. Sounds about right.

Brodie Grundy like, just not the 2021 version. Considering where this kid is placed at the minute his upside is off the charts.

Viney is criminally underrated on this site and his manic presence around the contest cannot be recreated. His absence makes a big difference.

We had a couple of poor quarters. We were due for a couple. We never really applied the chokehold either preferring to keep the game slow and grind it out. Job done.

We probably don't want him. He probably doesn't want to come.

Weather conditions and venue to play a role in selection this week. Also would not hurt to begin to "manage" a player or two if it was deemed in the team's interest.

Hyperbole. He is a passionate player, and he will always walk a line. I think he usually shows good restraint but he probably over stepped the mark in terms of the "humility" culture we are supposed to foster in that incident. Its a minor thing and it looks like Goody was having a good talk to him down on the bench. Most of the great players show passion, it's part of what drives them. It is almost a rite of passage for great players to go too far, then learn and become better. Its a minor adjustment for the developing young man.

Please Melbourne Football Club do not play too many talls just because we have a few good ones. While a W is always nice, an L won't kill us and may highlight some of our deficiencies in time to address them by the business end.

His forward craft is excellent. He is 19 years of age and 200cm.... and a latecomer to the game. He will play wherever he is needed on the park in time. With luck he will be a star of the game and hopefully a one club Melbourne legend.

These are the problems we have been longing to have.

We need to play at 120% to win our 8 point games.

Kicking will always look better with a functioning game plan. And vice versa

I will say yes, goes for next week too. But we can only beat who is put in front of us. Good win, keep them coming, bank the points. Jack Viney underrated in Demonland. Was super today.

Won a game we should have won against a hobbled Oppo. Also a couple of our loyal elders are going to struggle to get games. Against better opposition and with less luck they may cost us games. Fortunately our young players are travelling beautifully. We have maximum points but for mine the lid stays on. We still have a lot of work to do at selection and in the coaches box to become contenders this year. I feel that we are in about the 4th to 8th bracket.

Solid and reliable back flanker who will get better and be a fixture. Reminds me of Joel Corey.

Just too agile for his opponents. Would be a nightmare to play against. And it's not just his pressure acts that cause turnovers, it's his presence. At times in the last couple of years our inability to put pressure on the opposition rebound led to too many easy goals on transition. One of the reasons why we would win i50s but lose games. Pickett helps a lot with this. He is butthurt for opposition and a godsend for us.